Archive for October 17th, 2006

Practice GRE

Posted in School on 10/17/2006 09:25 pm by enjanerd

I figured I should at least pretend to prepare for this GRE thing, so I opened one of the books that Ian’s mom picked up for me at the library. Looked at some of the study tips and decided to take a practice test online to see how I did.

Analytical - OK.
Quantitative - Good.
Verbal - Suck.

So, I guess I can’t reasonably convince myself that I can just study the fun, mathy parts. I have to make myself read those boring passages. My “skip the reading and just answer the questions” method failed miserably. I should probably practice writing a couple of the analytical essay things too. I know this doesn’t really count for anything, but I figured I should at least be prepared for the various sections of the exam.

I knew the year after I graduated from undergrad, they added an essay portion to the exam, which is why I was trying to convince myself at the time that I should just get it over with and take the exam. But I was too lazy/tired/cheap and put it off. So, I know there’s a writing portion, but had no idea what it was for.

Now, I’m prepared. Or something.

 

Things I crossed off my To Do list:

Posted in Life on 10/17/2006 07:42 am by enjanerd

Went to Costco
Went to Giant
Tested out my mudpie recipe (mmm!)
Signed up for GREs
Took a nap
Caught up on TV
Cut and organized coupons
Finally went to Bed Bath & Beyond and bought wedding presents for people
Prepared for presentation for work (went pretty well, I think)
Closed bank account
Deposited checks
Got oil changed
Got gas
Checked paper/invitation prices at Office Depot and AC Moore (Had to physically go there. Useless websites…)
Went to Home Depot
Cleaned out fridge
Watered plants (still alive!)
Rescheduled doctor’s appointment
Made plans with BFF
Found hotels to contact
Filed and shred ~2 years worth of mail
Updated To-Do list

All in the last 5 days.